DOC Updates

This special issue focuses on Answering Questions about Inpatient Care During Covid 19, a follow-up discussion to the Townhall meeting discussing inpatient care. 

Recorded April 15, 2020.

This podcast will cover:

1. Subcutaneous Insulin Infusions
2. CGM use in the inpatient setting
3. Insulin Infusion pumps in the inpatient setting
4. Inpatient Glycemic Control - what are the recommendations?
5. Oral Medications
6. Hydroxychloroquine adverse effects in persons with diabetes

Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatment setting.

Presented by:

Robert Eckel, MD ADA President, Medicine & Science

Irl Hirsch, MD University of Washington

Mary Korytkowski, MD University of Pittsburgh

Diabetes Core Update: Covid-19 and Diabetes – Considerations for Health Care Professionals - April 2019

This special issue is an audio version of the American Diabetes Associations Covid-19 leadership team discussing a range of issues on Covid-19 and Diabetes.

Recorded March 31, 2020.

Topics include:

1. Access to medications
2. Effect on Diabetes Self-management
3. Can Patients take their own Supplies if they are an inpatient in the hospital – particularly insulin pumps and CGM
4. Considerations for Specific Hypoglycemic Medications during Inpatient Hospitalization
5. Differences in Management for Persons with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
6. SGLT-2 inhibitors and GLP-1 Receptor Agonists use During Covid-19 Infection
7. Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease during Covid-19
8. ACEs and ARBs
9. Stress among Healthcare Professionals

Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatment setting.

Presented by:

Robert Eckel, MD ADA President, Medicine & Science University of Colorado

Mary de Groot, PhD ADA President, Health Care & Education Indiana University

Irl Hirsch, MD University of Washington

Anne Peters, MD University of Southern California    

Louis Philipson, MD, PhD ADA Past President, Medicine & Science University of Chicago

Neil Skolnik, MD Abington Jefferson Health

This special issue focuses on Diabetes, Covid-19 and Inpatient Management.

Recorded April 14, 2020.

This podcast will cover:

1. Inpatient Medication Management for Persons Admitted with Diabetes
2. Outpatient Medication Management for Persons with Diabetes
   1. Hypoglycemic Medication Management
   2. ACE and ARBs
   3. NSAIDs

Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatment setting.

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

Dr. Joshua Neumiller, Vice Chair & Allen I. White Distinguished Associate Professor of Pharmacotherapy at Washington State University

This special issue focuses on Diabetes, Covid-19 and Inpatient Management.

Recorded April 3, 2020.

This podcast will cover:

1. Risk with Diabetes of Covid-19 and Complications of Covid-19
2. Management of Hyperglycemia during Covid-19 Infection
3. Sub-cutaneous Insulin for DKA
4. CGM in the Hospital Setting
5. Diabetes Education in the Hospital During Covid-19

Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatment setting.

Presented by:

Irl Hirsch, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle

Guillermo E. Umpierrez, MD, CDE, Professor of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta Georgia

This special issue focuses on Diabetes, Covid-19 and managing patient’s diabetes when they are sick.

Recorded April 1, 2020.

This podcast will cover:

1. How do we help our patients with diabetes stay safe
2. Helping patient negotiate safety issues in the workplace
3. Safety Issues when people do not come in for care
4. Managing SGLT-2 inhibitors during the pandemic
5. Home detection and care of DKA
6. Renewing Medications
7. Telemedicine Visits

Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatment setting.

Presented by:

Louis Philipson, MD, PhD, ADA Past President, Medicine & Science, University of Chicago

Anne Peters, MD, Diabetologist, University of Southern California

In this first episode of a three-part series on “Disrupting Therapeutic Inertia in Diabetes Management,” Drs. John Russell and Neil Skolnik examine a case study of a 55-year-old man with type 2 diabetes (3 years duration, A1C 8.2%). In so doing, they review six articles that define achievement gaps in reaching A1C goals and the reasons for why those gaps exist. In episodes 2 and 3 of this series, Drs. Russell and Skolnik we will look at additional causes of therapeutic inertia and solutions for overcoming it. This special three-part series on therapeutic inertia is supported by independent educational grant from Sanofi (https://www.sanofi.com).

This issue will review:

1. Achievement of target therapeutic goals in persons with T2DM
2. Achievement of therapeutic goals from 2005 – 2015
3. Clinical Inertia in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 DM
4. Clinical Inertia over Time in Type 2 DM
5. Gap Between Efficacy in Randomized Controlled Trials and Effectiveness in Real-World Use
6. Difference between Clinical Trial and Real-World Studies Achievement of Target A1C

Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 20 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals.

Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatment setting.

This issue will review:

1. Normalization of functional beta cell capacity after weight loss in type 2 diabetes
2. Screening for glucose intolerance and diabetes in patients with coronary artery disease
3. Trends Prescribing Preferences for SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP-1 Receptor Agonists, 2013–2018
4. Impact of a Telephone Intervention to Improve Diabetes Control on Healthcare Utilization and Cost for Adults in South Bronx, New York –
5. Efficacy and Safety of Dapagliflozin Plus Saxagliptin Versus Insulin Glargine Over 52 Weeks as Add‐on to Metformin With or Without Sulfonylurea in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
6. The Association Between Poor Glycemic Control and Health Care Costs in People With Diabetes

For more information about each of ADA’s science and medical journals, please visit www.diabetesjournals.org.

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

John J. Russell, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Chair-Department of Family Medicine, Abington Jefferson Health

This is a special issue focusing on Covid-19 and Diabetes:

1. Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China
2. Clinical course and risk factors for mortality
3. Diabetes and Hypertension: Are ACE’s, ARBs and NSAIDs OK to Use?

Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 20 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals.

Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatment setting.

For more information about each of ADA’s science and medical journals, please visit www.diabetesjournals.org.

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

John J. Russell, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 20 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals.

Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatment setting.

This month we review articles on:

1. Association of body mass index, fitness, and mortality in patients with diabetes
2. Cognitive deficits and traditional diabetic complications in the severely obese
3. Late Relapse of Diabetes after Bariatric Surgery
4. Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes and Subsequent Cognitive Deficits
5. Nutrient Induced Beta Cell Stress
6. Topical Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

For more information about each of ADA’s science and medical journals, please visit www.diabetesjournals.org.

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

John J. Russell, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 20 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals.

Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatment setting.

This month we review articles on:

1. Efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin in the elderly Lactic Acidosis from Metformin – FDA analysis
2. Economic and Clinical Burden of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in the United States
3. 2019 update to: Management of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes, 2018. A consensus report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).
4. Transitioning to Fixed-Ratio Combination Therapy: Practical Advice
5. General practitioner advice associated with greater physical activity in adults with type 2 diabetes
6. Empagliflozin Effectively Lowers Liver Fat Content

For more information about each of ADA’s science and medical journals, please visit www.diabetesjournals.org.

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

John J. Russell, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health